The Streby Lab
Actionable Science for Evolutionarily Rational Conservation and Management
Outreach
We believe it is a fundamental responsibility of scientists to not only study and discover, but to share our knowledge with diverse audiences and inspire the generation of scientists that will follow us.
Students at the White Earth Academy of Math and Science help Gunnar Kramer release a banded warbler during a lesson about migration, climate change, and breeding and wintering ranges of migratory songbirds. Everyone is serious with the bird in hand (above) but laughter erupts (right) as the bird flies back into the forest.
(photo permission on file for all students pictured).
Sean at Family Fun Day
Discussing animal behavior
Introduction to flight and migration
Learning how to record bird songs
Local bird adaptations
Cliff Swallow mania with Dr. John Loegering
Every year we make time to interact with local communities near our field sites and explain what we are up to and why our work is important. We have given presentations and bird banding demonstrations for groups of 20 to 200, taken groups on birding walks, and hosted photographers and journalists during our field work to reach the broader community (see Media page).
We make a special effort to share science with elementary students and groups under-represented in the biological sciences. Each summer, Dr. Streby joins scientists in Minnesota for a week of Wildlife and Forestry education for elementary and middle school students at the White Earth Academy of Math and Science.
Invited Non-conference Presentations for Public and/or Professionals
Kramer, Gunnar R., Henry M. Streby, Sean M. Peterson, Justin A. Lehman, David A. Buehler, Petra B. Wood, and David E. Andersen. 2015. “There and back again: migratory behaviors of golden-winged warblers discovered using geolocators.” Joint Annual Meeting: Minnesota & Wisconsin State Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Duluth, Minnesota, February 2015.
Andersen, David E., Henry M. Streby, David A. Buehler, Petra B. Wood, Sean M. Peterson, Gunnar R. Kramer, and Justin A. Lehman. 2015. “Golden-winged warbler migration connectivity and ecology derived from geolocators.” Iowa Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Ames, Iowa. March 2015.
Streby, Henry M., Gunnar R. Kramer, Sean M. Peterson, Jeanine A. Lehman, Davis A. Buehler, Petra B. Wood, and David E. Andersen. 2015. Tracking long-distance migration in tiny songbirds using tiny technology. University of California, Davis, Animal Behavior Graduate Group Winter Seminar Series, Davis, California, February 2015.
Streby, Henry M. and Gunnar R. Kramer. “From Tennessee to Colombia and back again: tracking migration in golden-winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera).” Festival de las Aves, Medellin, Colombia, November 2014.
Streby, Henry M. “Tracking migration in tiny songbirds using tiny technology.” Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology seminar series. University of California, Berkeley, September 2014.
Streby, Henry M. “Full-season habitat associations of forest songbirds: don’t forget the middle seral stages.” Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Palisade, Minnesota, August 2014.
Streby, Henry M. “Redefining fitness in songbirds: a challenge to the nest success paradigm.” Organismal Biology and Ecology Seminar Series, University of Montana, Missoula, September 2013.
Streby, Henry M. “Full-season productivity in songbirds: why managing for nest success is not the best plan.” Friday seminar series, PRBO Palomarin Field Station, Point Reyes National Seashore, California, April 2013.
Peterson, Sean M., Henry M. Streby, Tom C. Will, Tom R. Cooper, and David E. Andersen. "Golden-winged warblers and the importance of diverse forest landscapes." Zumbro Valley Audubon Society. Rochester, Minnesota, January 2013.
Streby, Henry M., Sean M. Peterson, and David E. Andersen. “Thinking outside the nest: the importance of the post-fledging period for understanding productivity and habitat associations in songbirds.” Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology seminar series. University of California, Berkeley, October 2012.
Streby, Henry M., Sean M. Peterson, Tom Will, Tom Cooper, and David E. Andersen. “Golden-winged warblers and the importance of diverse forest landscapes.” Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter. Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, April 2012.
Streby, Henry M., Tom Will, Sean M. Peterson (presenter), John P. Loegering, Wayne Brininger, and David E. Andersen. “Golden-winged warbler: Minnesota demography and landscape ecology.” 9th Annual Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources Research Review. University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center. Cloquet, Minnesota, January 2012.
Peterson, Sean M., Henry M. Streby, and David E. Andersen. “High tech or field techs: an analysis of cost and bias in golden-winged warbler nest searching techniques.” 9th Annual Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources Research Review. University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center. Cloquet, Minnesota, January 2012.
Streby, Henry M., Sean M. Peterson, and David E. Andersen. “Golden-winged warbler research at Tamarac and Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuges.” Minnesota Ornithologists Union annual meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 2011.
Will, Tom and Henry M. Streby. “Golden-winged warblers and migratory songbird use of young forest habitat.” Sustainable Forest Education Cooperative. Hackensack, Minnesota. June 2011.
Streby, Henry M., Sean M. Peterson, and David E. Andersen. “Golden-winged warblers in the Upper Midwest: productivity, habitat associations, and management implications.” Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative 2011 Statewide Meeting. Green Bay, Wisconsin. September 2011.
Streby, Henry M., Sean M. Peterson, and David E. Andersen. “Golden-winged warbler demography: nest productivity and adult and fledgling survival.” Northwest GWWA Working Group Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba (teleconference). April 2011.
Brininger, Wayne, Henry M. Streby, and Kyle Daly. “Early successional forest bird research at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.” Report to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Forest Wildlife Management Group. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. March 2011.
Loegering, John, P. and Henry M. Streby (co-presenters). “Golden-winged warbler demography and habitat assessment at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in 2010.” Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Workshop. Ithaca, New York. August 2010.
Streby, Henry M., Sean M. Peterson and David E. Andersen. “Forest songbird research” Chippewa National Forest Summer Naturalist Series. Marcell, Minnesota. August 2009.
Streby, Henry M. and David E. Andersen. “Survival and habitat use of fledgling forest nesting songbirds in a managed forest landscape.” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2008.
Streby, Henry M. and David E. Andersen. “Survival and habitat use of fledgling forest nesting songbirds in a managed forest landscape.” Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Coordinating Committee Meeting. Saint Paul, Minnesota. October 2008.
Streby, Henry M. and Sean M. Peterson. “Minnesota Coop Unit forest bird project.” Chippewa National Forest Naturalist Series. Marcell, Minnesota. August 2008.
Streby, Henry M. and David E. Andersen. “Edge effects and ovenbirds: the other half of the season.” Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Lecture Series. University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota. March 2008.
Streby, Henry M. and David E. Andersen. “Post-fledging habitat use by forest nesting songbirds on the Chippewa National Forest.” Meeting of Ecologists and Managers of the Chippewa National Forest. Cass Lake, Minnesota. August 2007.